Career Highlights:
2003
Compiled a career best 2.70 ERA and tossed a career high 240.0 innings but was just 16-7 in 34 starting assignments...had a 2.64 ERA (23 er in 78.1 ip) in 11 no decisions and the A's went 10-1 those games...six of the no decisions came in extra inning games...left with the lead in four of his no decisions only to have Foulke blow the save all four times...left with the score tied in four of his other no decisions...over the last two seasons, he has a 2.71 ERA (43 er in 143.0 ip) in 21 no decisions and has left with the lead in 12 of those no decisions only to have the bullpen blown the save all 12 times...the A's are 17-4 in his no decisions over the last two years...the A's were 26-8 in his starting assignments this year, are 48-20 over the last two years and are 108-48 (.692) in his career...had run support of 3.25 (43 r in 118.2 ip) in his seven losses and 11 no decisions this year and 8.01 (108 r in 121.1 ip) in his 16 wins...is 66-2 in his 85 career starts in which he receives run support of four or more runs...tied for the American League lead in shutouts (2), ranked second in ERA, third in innings, tied for fifth in games started, tied for seventh in complete games (3), tied for eighth in wins, ninth in winning percentage (.696) and 10th in strikeouts (162)...led the A's in wins, ERA, innings and strikeouts and tied for the lead in shutouts...it was the fourth consecutive season he led the club in innings pitched and the third time in five years that he has led in ERA and strikeouts...has recorded at least 10 wins in each of his five major league seasons, joining Catfish Hunter (1968-74), Dave Stewart (1987-92), Vida Blue (1973-77) and Bob Welch (1988-92) as the only Oakland pitchers with at least five straight seasons of 10 or more wins...has a career record of 80-33 and his .708 winning percentage is third best in major league history among pitchers with at least 50 wins...his 80 career wins are fifth most in Oakland history...also ranks fourth on the Oakland career charts in strikeouts (796) and ninth in games started (156)...has 69 wins over the last four years which is second in the majors to Randy Johnson (70)...has tossed 915.2 innings over that span which is second most in the majors to Livan Hernandez (916.0)...allowed a career low .308 opponents slugging percentage which was the lowest in the A.L. and second lowest in the majors (Webb ARI, .307)...yielded just 15 home runs for an average of 0.56 per nine innings which was second lowest in the A.L. (Martinez BOS, 7 hr in 186.2 ip, 0.56 per nine innings)...ranked third in the A.L. in opponent batting average (.223) and fourth in opponents on-base percentage (.280) and both of those figures were also career lows...allowed a .252 (128 for 508) opponents batting average over his first 60 pitches in a game and .184 (69 for 375) after that...opponents hit into 23 double plays which tied for seventh most in the AL...his 240.0 innings and 2.70 ERA were the best figures by an A's pitcher since Dave Stewart had a 2.56 ERA and 267.0 innings in 1990...on defense he led major league pitchers with 76 total chances...was 9-3 with a 2.32 ERA (38 er in 147.1 ip) in 20 starts at home...ranked third in the A.L. in home ERA and ninth in home wins...is now 40-13 with a 3.01 ERA (189 er in 564.2 ip) in 80 career starts at home and his .755 home winning percentage is second best among active pitchers with 25 or more wins to teammate Mark Mulder (34-10, .773)...was 6-0 with an American League leading 1.39 ERA (11 er in 71.0 ip) in 10 starts during the day compared to 1-7 with a 3.25 ERA (61 er in 169.0 ip) in 24 starts at night...now has an 11-game winning streak over his last 15 starts during the day dating back to June 30, 2002 and has a 1.38 ERA (17 er in 110.2 ip) over that stretch...last loss during the day came on May 19, 2002 at Toronto (and that was with the roof closed)...was 9-4 with a 2.69 ERA (29 er in 97.0 ip) in 14 starts after the All-Star break...was second in the A.L. in ERA after the break and tied for third in wins...is now 18-6 with a 2.55 ERA (58 er in 204.2 ip) in 29 post All-Star Break starts over the last two years and has a 43-15 (.742) career record after the break...allowed a .300 (61 for 203) opponents batting average to the number two and three hitters in the line-up and .200 (136 for 680) against the rest of the order...tossed seven or more innings in 24 of his 34 starts this year and 91 of his 156 (58.3%) career starts...is 64-9 with a 1.77 ERA (137 er in 697.2 ip) when tossing seven or more innings...allowed two runs or fewer 20 times this year, walked two batters or fewer 25 times and did not allow a home run 22 times...went 5-3 with a 3.28 ERA over his first 16 starts through June 21, 9-1 with a 1.38 ERA (98.0 ip, 58 h, 19 r, 15 er, 20 bb, 74 so, 4 hr) and .173 opponents batting average over a 13-start stretch from June 26 to August 29 and 2-3 with a 4.85 ERA over his final five starts...made his second career opening day start on April 1 and tossed eight shutout innings in the A's 5-0 win over Seattle...becomes the eighth pitcher in Oakland history to make more than one opening day start (Stewart 6, Langford 5, Hunter 3, Odom 2, Blue 2, Torrez 2, Codiroli 2)...walked a career high tying six batters on April 6 against Anaheim...took the loss on April 11 at Anaheim, snapping his winning streak at a career high tying nine games dating back to August 3 of last year...joins Barry Zito as the only two pitchers in Oakland history with two winning streaks of nine or more games (Zito has three)...allowed a career high tying nine runs on May 30 at Kansas City...had a 47-game (80 chances) errorless streak snapped on June 4 at Florida...was 1 for 3 with a RBI single in that game, the first RBI by an A's pitcher since June 6, 1999 (Kenny Rogers at San Francisco)...is a .130 (3 for 23) career hitter...had his nine-game Coliseum winning streak snapped on June 21 against San Francisco in a 6-4 loss...tossed his fifth career shutout and 11th career complete game on July 11 against Baltimore, a three-hitter in a 2-0 A's win...had a career best 20.0 inning scoreless streak from July 17 to 27...had a season high seven-game winning streak over an eight start stretch from July 22 to August 29 (9 er in 60.1 ip, 1.34 ERA)...went 3-1 with a 1.35 ERA and .175 opponents batting average in six starts in July...topped the majors in ERA in July and ranked second in opponents batting average (Clement, Cubs .146)...then went 5-0 with a 1.62 ERA and .178 opponents batting average in six starts in August...it marked the third time he has won five games in a month (also August, 2002 and September, 2000)...led the A.L. in opponents batting average in August, tied for the lead in wins and ranked second in ERA (Santana, MIN 1.07)...now has an 18-4 career record in August and has an 11-game winning streak in the month...had one of the best outings of his career on August 11 in Oakland when he needed just 93 pitches to toss a two-hit, 2-0 complete game shutout against Boston and Pedro Martinez...those were his fewest pitches ever in a complete game...tossed just 3.0 innings on September 3 at Baltimore, his shortest outing since September 19, 2001 when he also tossed 3.0 innings at Texas...took the loss on September 3 at Baltimore and September 8 against Anaheim, his first losing streak since July 17 to 24, 2001...won both of his starts against Toronto in 2003 and is now 8-1 with a 2.34 ERA (20 er in 77.0 ip) in 11 career starts against the Blue Jays...is 6-1 with a 2.02 ERA (16 er in 71.1 ip) in 10 career starts against Minnesota, his best ERA against any A.L. team.

2002
Compiled a career best 2.98 ERA which ranked sixth in the American League...however, was just 15-9 with 10 no decisions in his 34 starting assignments...left with the lead in eight of his no decisions but the bullpen blew the save each time...in his other two no decisions, the A's scored just two runs while he was pitching...in his nine losses, the A's scored just 13 runs in his 60.0 innings pitched, an average of 1.95 runs per nine innings...the A's were 7-3 in his no decisions for a 22-12 record in his starting assignments...A's are now 82-40 (.672) in his 122 career starting assignments...has a 64-26 career record and his .711 winning percentage ranks third best in major league history since 1900 among pitchers with 50 or more decisions...trails teammate Barry Zito (47-17, .734) and Spud Chandler (109-43, .717)...has 53 wins over the last three seasons which is the most in the A.L. and fourth most in the majors (Johnson 64, Schilling 56, Glavine 55)...in addition to ERA, he established career bests in complete games (4), innings pitched (238.1), hit batters (8) and most hits allowed (237) and tied his bests in shutouts (2), losses (9) and fewest walks allowed (62)...in addition to ranking sixth in the A.L. ERA he was also tied for second in games started (34) and shutouts (2), third in innings (238.1) and hits allowed (237), tied for fourth in complete games (4), fifth in home runs per nine innings (0.72), seventh in opponents average with runners in scoring position (.230) and ninth in strikeouts (152)...led the A's in innings pitched for the third consecutive season...the 152 strikeouts brought his career total to 634 which ranks 10th on the Oakland career list...the 237 hits allowed were the most by an A's pitcher since Dave Stewart allowed 245 in 1991...opponents grounded into 35 double plays which was the most in the majors and the most by an A's pitcher since Vida Blue also had 35 in 1974...began the season by going 3-6 with a 4.60 ERA (38 er in 74.1 ip) in his 11 starting assignments through May 24...then went 12-3 with a 2.25 ERA (41 er in 164.0 ip) over his final 23 starts...including 9-2 with a 2.42 ERA (29 er in 107.2 ip) in 15 starts after the All-Star Break...had the third lowest ERA in the A.L. after the break and the wins tied for sixth...is now 34-11 (.756) in his career following the break...finished the regular season with an eight-game winning streak, his fourth career winning streak of eight or more games (career high is nine)...posted a 1.75 ERA (16 er in 82.1 ip) during the winning streak which lasted 11 starts beginning on August 3...it tied for the fourth longest winning streak in the A.L. in 2002...for the season, allowed a .263 opponents batting average which was the highest of his career...opponents hit .317 (110 for 347) with no outs, .245 (73 for 298) with one out and .210 (54 for 257) with two outs...was 6-2 with a 2.10 ERA (16 er in 68.2 ip) and .194 (47 for 242) opponents batting average in nine starts during the day and 9-7 with a 3.34 ERA (63 er in 169.2 ip) and .288 (190 for 660) opponents batting average in 25 starts at night...finished second in the A.L. in day ERA which was a reversal from last year when he had the best night ERA in the A.L. (2.58)...posted a 1.76 ERA (20 er in 102.0 ip) over the first three innings of his starting assignments and 3.89 (59 er in 136.1 ip) from the fourth inning on...did not commit an error in 53 total chances, the most by an A.L. pitcher without an error and the second most chances in Oakland history by a pitcher without an error (Rick Langford, 62 in 1979)...tossed seven or more innings in 22 of his 34 starts this year and 67 of his 122 career starts (54.9%)...never tossed fewer than 5.1 innings in 2002, allowed two runs or fewer in 20 of his starts, did not walk a batter seven times and walked one 11 times...went 3-2 despite a 1.87 ERA in six April starts...picked up his 50th career win in the A's 6-5 victory at Seattle on April 7...it came in his 90th career start making him the third fast Athletic to reach 50 wins (Rube Waddell, 79; Eddie Plank, 89)...tossed his seventh career complete game on April 23 against New York, but the A's lost 2-1, the second time the A's have lost when he went the distance...the Yankees are the only A.L. team he has not defeated during the regular season...went 0-4 with a 7.30 ERA in six starts in May...that was the second highest one month ERA of his career (7.76 in August, 2000)...the four-game losing streak from May 4 to 19 marked the only time in his career he has had a losing streak longer than two games...allowed a career high tying nine runs on May 4 at Chicago...took the loss on May 19 at Toronto, marking the only time in his career he has lost in a domed stadium with the roof closed...is 11-1 with a 2.27 ERA (27 er in 107.0) and five home runs allowed in 15 such starts in his career...matched his career high by allowing 12 hits on June 4 against Seattle...went 3-0 with a 1.16 ERA in his four interleague starts and is now 8-1 with a 2.31 ERA (27 er in 105.0 ip) in 15 career interleague starts...tossed his first shutout since September 9, 2000 (56 starts) on June 30 against San Francisco, a five-hitter in the A's 7-0 win...was 5-0 with a 1.80 ERA in six August starts...tied for the A.L. lead in wins in August and ranked third in ERA...the wins equaled his most ever in a month (September, 2000)...then went 3-0 with a 1.69 ERA in five starts in September, equaling the lowest one month ERA of his career (September, 2000)...is now 15-3 with a 2.29 ERA (39 er in 153.1 ip) in his career from September 1 until the end of the regular season...tossed his second shutout of the season on September 14, a four-hitter in the A's 1-0 win over Seattle...also defeated Anaheim earlier in the week on September 9 and earned A.L. Co-Player of the Week honors for the week ending September 15...went 3-2 in five starts against Anaheim and is now 11-3 in his career against the Angels, his most wins against any team...won his only starts against Baltimore and Minnesota...is now 6-0 with a 2.06 ERA in six career starts against the Orioles and 5-0 with a 1.76 ERA in eight career regular season starts against Minnesota...his ERA against the Twins is his lowest against any A.L. team...made two post season starts in the ALDS against Minnesota and was 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA...had a no decision in the A's 7-5 loss in Game 1 and was the losing pitcher in the A's 11-2 loss in Game 4, allowing seven runs, two earned, in 3.1 innings.

2001
Followed up his 20 win season of 2000 with 18 wins in 2001, giving him three consecutive 10-win seasons...became the 12th pitcher in Oakland history with at least three straight 10-win seasons, the first since 1990-92 when Mike Moore, Bob Welch and Dave Stewart all accomplished the feat...his 38 wins in consecutive seasons are the most since Welch won 39 from 1990-91...tied for fourth in the American League in wins...went 18-9 and now has a career record of 49-17 for a .742 winning percentage, which is the best in major league history since 1900 among pitchers with 50 or more decisions...made 35 starts which tied teammate Barry Zito for the A.L. lead...those were the most starts by an A's pitcher since Mike Moore made 36 starts in 1992...struck out 181 which ranked sixth in the A.L. and also tied for the eighth best single season total in Oakland history...also ranked second in the A.L. in innings (235.0), fifth in ERA (3.37) and tied for ninth in complete games (3)...the starts, complete games, innings pitched and strikeouts were all career highs and his nine losses were one more than his career total entering the season...led the A's in innings pitched for the second consecutive season...allowed a .245 opponents batting average which broke down to .256 (118 for 461) against left handers and .232 (98 for 422) against right-handers...his mark against right-handers was sixth lowest in the A.L....ranked fourth in the A.L. in opponents slugging (.350) and ninth in opponents on-base percentage (.303)...was third in opponents on-base percentage leading off an inning (.267)...went 15-3 with a 2.58 ERA (43 er in 150.0 ip) and eight home runs allowed in 22 starts at night and 3-6 with a 4.76 ERA (45 er in 85.0 ip) and 12 home runs allowed in 13 starts during the day...his night ERA was the best in the A.L....won 11 games on the road which ranked second in the A.L. (Sabathia 13)...went 4-0 with a 2.31 ERA (9 er in 35.0 ip) and no home runs in five starts in domes and is now 11-0 with a 2.01 ERA (21 er in 94.0 ip) and one home run allowed in 13 career starts in domed stadiums with the roof closed...allowed just 20 home runs for an average of 0.77 home runs per nine innings which was eighth in the AL...eight of the home runs came in his first seven starts (43.0 ip) as he allowed just 12 home runs over his last 28 starts (192.0 ip)...got off to a slow start as he went 2-3 with a 6.35 ERA in six April starts...is now 5-5 with a 5.85 ERA (42 er in 64.2 ip) in 12 career April starts and 44-12 with a 3.32 ERA (188 er in 509.0 ip) in 76 starts over the rest of the season...followed up his April with a five-game winning streak from May 9 to June 12 (1.97 ERA) and, after losing consecutive starts on June 17 and 22, he put together another five-game winning streak from June 27 to July 23 (2.11 ERA)...went 12-3 with a 2.18 ERA (34 er in 140.1 ip) over a 19 start stretch from May 3 to August 8...then went 4-3 with a 4.45 ERA (30 er in 60.2 ip) over his final 10 regular season starts...made two appearances against New York in the ALDS, including his first major league relief appearance, and was 1-0 with a 0.93 ERA...combined with Isringhausen on a seven-hit shutout in the A's 2-0 win at New York in Game 2 (8.0 ip, 6 h, 1 bb, 3 so)...then relieved Mulder in the fifth inning of Game 5 in New York with the A's trailing 4-3 and allowed a solo home run to Justice in 1.2 innings (2 h, 1 r, 1 er, 2 so)...tossed seven or more innings in 18 of his 35 regular season starts, allowed five hits or fewer 17 times, allowed two runs or fewer 22 times and walked one batter or fewer 18 times...the A's went 6-2 in his no decisions and were 24-11 in his starting assignments...made his first Opening Day start, becoming the ninth different pitcher in the last nine years to start an opener for the A's...extended his regular season winning streak to eight games dating back to 2000 on April 7 against Anaheim, equaling the second longest winning streak of his career...struck out a career high tying 11 against the Angels, a feat he later matched on June 22 against Texas...has six career 10-strikeout games...allowed a two-out home run to Troy Glaus in the fourth inning of his start against the Angels, his first home run allowed since August 23, 2000 (Jim Thome), a streak of 65.2 innings and 259 batters...allowed a career high tying 12 hits (also August 24, 2001 vs. Detroit and July 21, 2000 vs. Anaheim) in a loss on April 28 at New York...lost consecutive starts on June 17 at San Francisco and June 22 against Texas, marking the fourth time in his career he has had a two-game losing streak...has never lost three straight...tossed his first complete game of the year in his start against the Rangers but lost 2-1...tossed a complete game eight hitter in the A's 5-1 win at Arizona on July 7...extended his scoreless streak to 17.2 innings before Bell had a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the ninth...walked Kreuter in the sixth inning on July 13 against Los Angeles, snapping a string of 22.2 innings and 80 batters without a walk...complete game number three came on August 3 at Detroit, a nine-hitter in a 2-1 A's win...picked up the win in his final start of the season on October 5 at Anaheim and went 5-0 with a 1.67 ERA in six starts against the Angels...Baltimore was the only other team he defeated more than once (2)...is now 8-1 with a 3.16 ERA in 10 career starts against the Angels, his most wins against any club...is undefeated against four A.L. teams (5-0 against Baltimore and Toronto, 4-0 against Minnesota and Tampa Bay)...Cleveland and New York are the only A.L. teams he has never defeated during the regular season

2000
Became the seventh 20-game winner in Oakland history by winning the A's final game of the season, the American League Western Division clinching 3-0 win over Texas on October 1 ... tied Toronto's David Wells for the American League lead with 20 wins and was one of four 20-game winners in the majors ... is the seventh Oakland pitcher to win 20 games, the first since Bob Welch (27-6) and Dave Stewart (22-11) in 1990 ... is the first Oakland 20-game winner that was drafted by the A's since Mike Norris went 22-9 in 1980 ... finished the season 20-6 and led the majors with a .769 winning percentage, the third best mark in Oakland history ... now has a 31-8 career record and his .795 winning percentage is the best in Oakland history ... had a 21-4 career record after his first 25 decisions ... according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he was the fifth starting pitcher in major league history to post a 21-4 record over his first 25 decisions, joining King Cole (1909-10), Whitey Ford (1950, 53), Vida Blue (1969-71) and Juan Guzman (1991-92) ... has a 13-4 career record in his starting assignments following an A's loss including 8-2 this year ... ... ranked second in the American League with a .227 opponents batting average, tied for second with two shutouts, eighth with 169 strikeouts and 7 .5 strikeouts per nine innings and ninth with a 4.14 ERA ... had the second best run support in the American League as the A's average 7.34 runs per nine innings for him (165 r in 202 .1 ip) ... went 12-1 with a 3.63 ERA (47 ER in 116.2 IP) and .195 (81 for 416) opponents batting average in 17 starts in Oakland ... led American League pitchers in home victories and was seventh in home ERA ... is the first A's pitcher with more than one shutout since Bobby Witt had three in 1994 ... had a career best nine-game winning streak from April 25 to July 2 which tied for the longest in the majors in 2000 ... had an eight-game winning streak last year and finished the 2000 season with a seven-game winning streak ... joins Gil Heredia as the first A's pitchers to post consecutive 10-win seasons since Mike Moore, Bob Welch and Dave Stewart in 1991-92 ... his 169 strikeouts were the most by an A's pitcher since Todd Stottlemyre had 205 in 1995 ... he was the winning pitcher in the A's first win of the season, a 3-1 victory over Detroit on April 4th ... took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before Clark doubled with one out ... lasted just 1 .2 innings in his third start on April 15 at Boston, the shortest outing of his career, and was the losing pitcher in the A's 14-2 loss ... lost his second straight on April 20 at Cleveland for the first losing streak of his career ... lasted just 2.1 innings as he was removed after being hit in the chest by a Roberto Alomar line drive in the third inning ... suffered a right chest contusion but did not miss a turn ... began his nine-game winning streak (93.2 IP, 72 H, 40 R, 37 ER, 40 BB, 85 SO, 3.56 ERA) in the A's 11-2 win over Toronto on April 25 in Oakland ... struck out a season high 10 on April 30 at Minnesota, one of two 10-strikeouts games in 2000 ... also struck out 10 on October 1 against Texas, his fourth career 10 strikeout game ... had a 15.1 inning scoreless streak from May 16 to June 3 ... went 3-0 with a 4.05 ERA in five June starts ... won his 10th game on July 2 at Anaheim, the earliest date an A's pitcher has won his 10th game since Bob Welch won his 10th on June 15, 1990 ... he is the first A's pitcher to have 10 wins by the All-Star Break since 1992 when Mike Moore was 10-7 ... made his first All-Star Game appearance on July 11 and retired the side in order in the eighth inning ... got Jose Vidro to pop to short, struck out Edgardo Alfonzo and induced Todd Helton to ground out to second ... had his first start after the All-Star Break erased because of a rain out with the A's leading 4-3 at Colorado entering the bottom of the fourth on July 16 (3.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 SO) ... had his nine-game winning streak snapped on July 21 in the A's 12-3 loss to Anaheim ... yielded a career high tying nine runs on a career high 12 hits ... began his season ending seven game winning streak by tossing his first career shutout, a one-hitter in the A's 3-0 win over Chicago on August 28 ... it was the first one-hitter by an A's pitcher since Steve Ontiveros one-hit New York on May 27, 1995 ... it was the 15th complete game one-hitter in Oakland history, not including four complete game no-hitters ... walked just one, one of 16 times in 2000 he walked two or fewer ... retired each of the final 16 hitters he faced ... posted a 1 .16 ERA during the seven-game winning streak (54 .1 IP, 31 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 11 BB, 44 SO, 0 HR) ... finished August 2-3 with a 7.76 ERA in five starts, his highest ERA in a month for his career, topping his mark of 5 .35 in August of 1999 ... tossed his second shutout in three starts, a two-hitter in the A's 10-0 win over Tampa Bay on September 9 ... ended up going 5-0 with a 1.69 ERA (37.1 IP, 26 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 8 BB, 26 SO) in five September starts ... was one of three A's pitchers to win five games in a month this year (Heredia, 5-1 in May and Zito, 5-1 in September) ... tossed eight shutout innings in his final start of the season on October 1 against Texas as the A's won 3-0 to clinch the Western Division Championship ... allowed one run or fewer in 11 of his starts in 2000 ... tossed seven or more innings 16 times ... opponents batting average broke down to .231 (97 for 420) against left handers and .221 (72 for 326) against right handers.

1999
Began the season at Double-A Midland but finished it with Oakland in contention for American League Rookie of the Year honors ... Was named American League Rookie Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News and finished fifth in the BBWAA Rookie of the Year balloting ... Selected from Triple-A Vancouver on June 7 and went 11-2 with a 3.23 ERA and a team leading 132 strikeouts in 21 starts with the A's ... Was second on the club in wins ... His .846 won-loss percentage was the best ever by an Oakland rookie and his ERA was fourth lowest ... Fell one short of Chris Codiroli's rookie win record set in 1983 and nine strikeouts shy of Rick Langford's rookie mark of 141 in 1977 ... Led all American League rookies in ERA (minimum 100 innings) and won-loss percentage (minimum 10 decisions), ranked second in strikeouts and tied for second in wins ... The Mariners Freddy Garcia had 17 wins and 170 strikeouts in 33 starts ... Averaged 8.71 strikeouts per nine innings which was second best ever by an Oakland starter (Todd Stottlemyre, 8.80 in 1995) ... Became Oakland's first 10 game winner that was drafted by the A's since Curt Young (4th round, 1981) went 11-8 in 1988 ... Made his major league debut on June 8 at San Diego and had a no decision in the A's 5-3 loss ... Struck out an A's season high 11 batters in just 5.0 innings, setting an Oakland record for strikeouts in a major league debut ... Fell one short of the franchise record and American League record of 12 set by Elmer Myers of the Philadelphia A's on October 6, 1915 ... The 11 strikeouts tied the Oakland rookie record set by Rick Langford on August 13, 1977 at Baltimore and matched by Willie Adams on July 26, 1996 at Toronto ... Also walked and singled in his first two plate appearances ... Recorded his first major league win in his second start, a 9-3 victory over Los Angeles on June 13 (7.0 ip, 7 h, 2 r, 1 er, 2 bb, 8 so) ... Suffered his first professional loss of 1999 on June 24 at Texas but would not lose again until September 17 ... Tossed seven shutout innings against Seattle on June 30 to start an eight-game winning streak that ran through September 10 ... That tied for the seventh longest one-season winning streak in Oakland history ... Posted a 2.92 ERA (95.2 ip, 76 h, 33 r, 31 er, 41 bb, 91 so) and allowed a .217 (76 for 350) opponents batting average during that 14 start stretch ... Defeated Randy Johnson in Arizona on July 10 and came within two outs of his first complete game and shutout in the A's 2-0 victory ... Would later defeat Pedro Martinez in Boston, allowing just two runs in eight innings in a 6-2 A's win on August 19 ... He joins the Montreal Expos Mike Thurman (1999) as the only two pitchers in major league history to defeat both Cy Young award winners in the season in which they won the award ... Had a scoreless streak of 16.1 innings from July 5 to 17 ... Had a streak of 52.1 consecutive innings without a home run snapped on July 22 at Seattle by Alex Rodriguez ... Tossed his first career complete game on September 4, a four-hitter in the A's 2-1 win over Detroit ... It was the low-hit complete game by an A's pitcher in 1999 ... Won his 10th game on September 10 at Tampa Bay, tossing 7.2 shutout innings and matching his career high with 11 strikeouts ... Also did not walk a batter for the first time in his career ... Had his winning streak snapped on September 17 against Kansas City, tossing a career low 4.0 innings ... Won his 11th game on September 28 at Anaheim but did not make his last start because of stiffness in his back ... Tossed at least seven innings 11 times, allowed two runs or fewer 11 times and struck out seven or more nine times ... Held the opposition to a .237 (121 for 511) batting average, including .234 (62 for 265) against left handers which ranked fifth lowest among American League pitchers ... Allowed a .222 (48 for 216) average with runners on base which was sixth lowest ... Also allowed a .181 (21 for 116) average with runners in scoring position ... Began the season at Double-A Midland and went 3-0 with a 0.50 ERA in three starts ... Was promoted to Triple-A Vancouver on April 24 and was 4-0 with a 2.20 ERA in eight starts with the Canadians ... Was a combined 18-2 with a 2.74 ERA (62 er in 203.1 ip) in 32 professional starts at Midland, Vancouver and Oakland ... Struck out 211 for an average of 9.3 per nine innings.

College Honors: Was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 1997, Was named to the All-SEC team as an outfielder and a pitcher as he hit .396 with 18 HR and 95 RBI while posting a 15-2 record, a 2.97 ERA and 165 strikeouts, first team All-America honors from Baseball America as a utility player, tied for the NCAA lead in victories, ranked third in strikeouts and was ninth in RBI.

Tim and David Wells were the only American League pitchers to win 20 games in 2000. Tim earned that 20th win on the final day of the regular season when he shut out the Texas Rangers to help Oakland win the AL Western Division title. Tim finished at 20-6 as he led the Major Leagues with a .769 winning percentage. He thrived in the pennant race, too, winning seven straight games to close the regular season. Tim pitched in the All-Star Game and became the first Oakland hurler to win 20 games since Bob Welch and Dave Stewart did it in 1990. Tim also emerged as a "stopper" of sorts. He posted an 8-2 record following an A's loss.

For a young pitcher, Tim utilizes a variety of weapons. The skinny righthander has a good fastball that reaches the low 90's, a curve, a splitter and a heavy sinker. Tim reached the majors in 1999 after beginning the year in Double-A. He had no trouble adjusting, going 11-2, with a 3.23 ERA and a team-leading 132 strikeouts in 21 starts. Tim had a great career at Auburn University and was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 1997. He was selected to the All-SEC team as an outfielder and a pitcher after hitting .396 with 18 homers and 95 RBIs, while posting a 15-2 record, a 2.97 ERA and 165 strikeouts.

Information courtesy of OaklandAthletics.com

In 2003 Huddy ranked...
• 8th in AL in W (16)
• 3rd in AL in IP (240.0)
• 10th in AL in SO (162)
• 2nd in AL in ERA (2.70)
• 3rd in AL in WHIP (1.08)
• 7th in AL in WPct (.696)
• 8th in AL in CG (3)
• 3rd in AL in BAA (.223)

Information courtesy of ESPN.com